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After Cabinet OK on illegal colonies, Gambhir taunts AAP

  •   Wed, Oct 23 2019 06:52:38 PM

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS): Soon after the Union Cabinet's decision to give ownership rights to a slew of unauthorised colonies in Delhi, politics took over on the issue on Wednesday.

BJP's cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir took a sharp dig at the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi which has been espousing the cause for long.

Gambhir tweeted: "They promise, we deliver! 40 lakh people living in around 1,700 unauthorised colonies to get ownership rights thanks to @narendramodi ji led Central Government! This Diwali will be special for Delhi!"

It has been a popular plank for the Kejriwal-led AAP government for a long time. But Wednesday's decision, which is seen to be taken with an eye on the Delhi Assembly polls next year, has stolen the thunder of the AAP and Gambhir was one of the first to politically exploit it.

The decision gives residents of unauthorised colonies ownership rights so that they can take loans, buy, sell or change Floor Area Ratio.

Speaking at the Cabinet briefing, Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Puri said the central government cannot allow people to live in inhuman conditions in unauthorised colonies.
  

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  • SmR, Karkala

    Wed, Oct 23 2019

    Post-Partition, Delhi witnessed a huge influx of refugees from Pakistan resulting in a rapid increase in Delhi’s population, from 0.9 million in 1941 to more than 1.8 million in 1951. The refugees settled temporarily at makeshift camps, which in due course became permanent, illegal and unauthorized urban settlements.
    The PM Modi' Centre’s move comes ahead of the Assembly polls in the national capital, scheduled for early next year.
    Living in an unauthorized colony has two significant consequences for residents: they cannot legally transfer their land, and service provisioning is low and insufficient. They are simply not considered to be part of the ‘planned’ city. Often these colonies have low levels of basic service delivery, especially water and sewerage.
    An estimated 40 lakh people (or about 25-30% of Delhi’s population of 1.9 crores as per the Census 2011 data) were living in unauthorized colonies (UC) in 2013, as per a Delhi government estimate.

    If regularising the slum for the votes called 'smart city', then Mughal Emperor's who transformed Delhi will be better in urban planning. Even after fall hundreds of year of Mughal and British rule, the monuments which marked Delhi is still standing with pride. Whereas Delhi with partial statehood and City corporation under Central ruling even breathing clean air also becomes impossible.

    The Chandni Chowk (Moonlight Square)was built in the 17th century by Mughal Emperor of India Shah Jahan and designed by his daughter Jahanara. The market was once divided by canals (now closed) to reflect moonlight and remains one of India's largest wholesale markets are the few living examples which reflect the true urban planning.
    The BJP Cricketer turned politician who has amassed wealth from real estate by cheating perhaps need to revisit the history of Delhi.
    Jai Hind

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  • Alwin, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 23 2019

    Will all legal procedure complete before announcement of election code of conduct

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Atlanta

    Wed, Oct 23 2019

    Why not entire India ...

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